A2 MEDIA STUDIES
All past questions
SECTION A: TEXT
REPRESENTATION
1. Explore the key representations in your chosen texts.
2. Explore the different representations of either women or ethnicity in your chosen texts.
3. How stereotypical are the representations of gender in your chosen texts?
4. Explore the different representations of either men or age within your three main texts.
5. Explore the key gender representations in your three main texts.
6. Explore the different ways in which people are represented in your three main texts.
GENRE
1. To what extent are your chosen texts typical of their genre?
2. How do your chosen texts reinforce or challenge typical genre conventions?
3. To what extent do your three main texts challenge genre conventions?
4. ‘Most texts today mix genres.’ How true is this of your three main texts?
5. How typical are your three main texts of their genre?
NARRATIVE
1. How conventional is the narrative structure of your chosen texts?
2. How important are characters to the narrative of your three main texts?
3. Explore the narrative structure of your three main texts.
SECTION B: INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCE
AUDIENCE TARGETING, POSITIONING & RESPONSE QUESTIONS
1. How have your chosen texts been constructed to appeal to their audiences?
2. What different pleasures do your chosen texts offer audiences?
3. ‘Most media texts target a range of different audiences.’ How true is this for your chosen
texts?
4. Explore the different ways your three main texts attract their audiences.
5. Discuss the audience appeal of your three main texts.
6. To what extent do your three main texts target a mainstream audience? 7. How do your three main texts position audiences?
8. What do texts offer audiences? Refer to your three main texts in your answer.
9. Explore the different ways in which audiences and/or users respond to your chosen texts.
10. Explore the different ways audiences respond to your three main texts.
11. The main function of a media text is to entertain its audience.’ How true is this for your
three main texts?
TEXT PRODUCTION QUESTIONS
1. To what extent is the success of your chosen texts dependent on stars and/or celebrities?
2. How important are high production values to your three main texts?
TEXT REGULATION QUESTIONS
1. To what extent have your chosen texts been affected by regulation issues?
2. How effectively is your selected industry regulated? Refer to your chosen texts in your
answer.
3. Explore the impact of regulation on your three main texts.
TEXT MARKETING QUESTIONS
1. With reference to your selected industry, explore the ways in which your chosen texts are
marketed and/or promoted.
2. Explore how your chosen texts use digital technology in their marketing.
3. Discuss the marketing strategies used by your selected industry. Refer to your three main
texts.
4. How effectively were your three main texts marketed? 5. How successful have your chosen texts been for their industry?
DIGITAL TECH QUESTIONS
1. How important is the internet to your selected industry? Refer to your chosen texts in your
answer.
2. Assess the main advantages of the internet for your three main texts.
3. How do your three main texts use digital technology
DISTRIBUTION QUESTIONS
1. With reference to your selected industry, explore how far your chosen texts are global.
2. With reference to your three main texts, discuss the key features of their distribution.
3. How global is the appeal of your three main texts?
4. To what extent are your three main texts global?